Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02

Mrs. w Block. mother ofStreet Com.
FL. A. Block, met with severe accident
Monday morning by falling en- the side
walk and breaking her ankle.
French chignon, Feather lighD lat.
est and most becoming style. For sale
and made to order at F. Trzcinski's.
Ladies are invited 10 see this novelty. 4 /
Considerable lumber is leaving the
| lum Der yards for the country, indicating
fair amount OF building among the
farmers in this section the coming sea~
son.
The Milwaukee wheat market yes
terday was firm, closing at 1910 for No.
spring and $500 seller May. Flour
was unchanged Corn and oats were
steady. Rye scld at 55c, and barley at
5015c. Hogs were steady at 4.55(@
! 500.
The Wisconsin Chief. oe Fort Atkin-
son. established by Thurow " Brown
and now published by his sister Miss
Emma Brown. was SO years old last New
/ Years day 1t was formerly the Cayuga
Chief, of New York.
Frank J. Sibley, of Nebraska, lee.
turer of the seventh Wisconsin Coed
Tempar district, will deliver lecture
under the auspices OF Watertown lodge
of Good Templars at the NJ. E. church,
Thursday evening, February 10.
Five children in the family Of Peter
Meyers, at Waunakee, Dane county. hav
ing died of black di htheria, the author
tiles have quarantined the premises and
ordered the public schools to be closed for
time Public entertainments have also
been forbidden.
Lincoln Lodge Nc 20, Knights of
Py,hias. gave ball at the fremont
House last Friday evening, which was
we'll attended and pronounced by all
present as recherche in every respect,
the fine supper served by Mr.. Reinke
being no uncomfortable feature of the
pleasant affair.
The members of St. Agnes guild of
St. Paurs church will give an entertain
ment at tae residence of Peter Y. Brown
Thursday evening, presenting the play
of my Turn Next" with strong cast of
characters. The ladies, we hope, will be
well sustained in their efforts 10 please.
A bus will run from First street corner,
beginning at P. NJ, every twenty min
utes. Cost one way, 10 cents; round trip,
Is ceuts.
To day, the second of February. is
Candlemas day, kept as festival by the
Catholic and Episcopal churches in honor
of the publication of the Virgin Mary.
1t is also the governing day for spring
observed by the weather prophets, for the
saying is that if to-day the hedgehog
GENES out of bis hole and sees his shadow
|
and does not make his appeara nee again
! for six weeks. So look out if the sun
shines to day.
An entertainment by the Waterloo
Octagonal concert company takes place
at Badger State hall in that village next
Saturday evening, February 5. An in
teresting programme. which is before US,
will be presented on the occasion. All
the artists come under the head of "home
talent" and the names of Hayhurst, Hoag,
Stone, Brandner and others appear as
guarantee that the Octagonal concert
will prove the musical event of the season
with the Waterlooites.
The Beaver Dam Argus says: The
FISH dealers at Fox Lake are usually busy
this year. The principal dealer there for
many years shipped, between January
and %, 1900 pounds of dressed bullheads
from Beaver lake. He has also shipped
since November $500 pounds of pike and
pickerel from Fox Lake. Other parties
there have shipped about 5000
pounds of dressed buIlheads and 5000
pounds of pike and pickerel, giving
grand total Of $4,000 pounds Of fish,
1890 pounds Of them dressed, from that
station up to last Saturday. The pike
and pickerel are caught in larger num-
bers than usual in Fox lake this winter,
and the perch are quite large, averaging
nearly pound piece.
PERSONAL.